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leaf

UK/liːf/ US/lif/ fairly common informal slang
noun (3) verb (3)

noun

1.

the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

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2.

a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

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3.

hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door)

verb

1.

look through a book or other written material

  • “He thumbed through the report”
  • “She leafed through the volume”
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2.

turn over pages

  • “leaf through a book”
  • “leaf a manuscript”
3.

produce leaves, of plants

Origin

From Middle English lef, leef, from Old English lēaf, from Proto-West Germanic *laub, from Proto-Germanic *laubą (“leaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowbʰ-o-m, from *lewbʰ- (“to cut off”).

Phrases

  • alderleaf Juneberry
  • almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth
  • almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth
  • aluminium leaf
  • aluminum leaf
  • angle leaf
  • apple bud and leaf mite
  • apple leaf midge
  • leaf through

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